Quotes 361 till 380 of 707.
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Men know that women are an over-match for them, and therefore they choose the weakest or most ignorant. If they did not think so, they never could be afraid of women knowing as much as themselves.
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Men must necessarily be the active agents of their own well-being and well-doing... they themselves must in the very nature of things be their own best helpers.
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Men often discover their affinity to each other by the mutual love they have for a book.
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Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty.
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Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them.
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Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.
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Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.
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More knowledge may be gained of a man's real character by a short conversation with one of his servants than from a formal and studied narrative, begun with his pedigree and ended with his funeral.
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Much of the pain and pleasure of mankind arises from the conjectures which every one makes of the thoughts of others; we all enjoy praise which we do not hear, and resent contempt which we do not see.
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Music and woman I cannot but give way to, whatever my business is.
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My case is a species of madness, only that it is a derangement of the Volition, and not of the intellectual faculties.
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My faith has no bed to sleep upon but omnipotence.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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Nature makes us poor only when we want necessaries, but custom gives the name of poverty to the want of superfluities.
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Nay, Madam, when you are declaiming, declaim; and when you are calculating, calculate.
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Neither have they hearts to stay, nor wit enough to run away.
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Never, my dear Sir, do you take it into your head that I do not love you; you may settle yourself in full confidence both of my love and my esteem; I love you as a kind man, I value you as a worthy man, and hope in time to reverence you as a man of exemplary piety.
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No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
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